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Against a variant like this? >> yes. so, paula, moderna, weve been testing variant specific boosters and vaccines over the summer, one to the beta variant, one to the delta. our platform we can move very fast. we think within, you know, weeks to maybe two to three months we would be able to have an omicron specific vaccine booster available for test willing and then for administration, so, you know, this is going to go at the fastest possible speed, but we have to do careful science now. we dont...

The oxford vaccine group, say it isnt clear whether a third dose before winter will be needed in the uk. they also say it would be wrong to give third doses while some countries had no vaccines at all. our health correspondent naomi grimley reports. the uk has been vaccinating vast numbers of people for months now. and its more important than ever that people get two jabs as infections are rising again with the advent of the more transmissible delta variant. but its actually another variant, the...

Transmissible delta variant. but its actually another variant, the beta one, first discovered in south africa, which is now the focus of oxford universitys latest vaccine trial. the universitys top scientists say theres a good reason for that. the delta variant, we are seeing very high levels of protection in the uk, over 90% for the vaccines were using in the uk, so there is no immediate urgency around the delta variant. this is much more about being prepared for this quite testing variant, the...

Be needed in the uk. they also say it would be wrong to give third doses while some countries had no vaccines at all. 0ur health correspondent naomi grimley reports. the uk has been vaccinating vast numbers of people for months now, and its more important than ever that people get two jabs, as infections are rising again, with the advent of the more transmissible delta variant. but its actually another variant, the beta one, first discovered in south africa, which is now the focus of oxford univ...

Were using in the uk, so there is no immediate urgency around the delta variant. so this is much more about being prepared for this quite testing variant, the south african one, and also future variants. the oxford team also said today that a third dose of their vaccine, given more than six months after the second, boosts the immune system. but expert opinion is still divided on whether booster doses should be rolled out. i think it is very likely that we are going to need to give booster doses,...